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Napoleonic Era Royal Horse Artillery
Regimental Art  Royal Artillery Royal Horse Artillery  Napoleonic Era RHA |
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THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY DURING THE PENINSULA WAR, AND THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS. INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF FUENTOS D'ONORO, OF CAPTAIN RAMSAY, AND THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO SHOWING CAPTAIN MERCER'S BATTERY. MILITARY PRINTS BY LEADING MILITARY ARTISTS, DAVID ROWLANDS, MARK CHURMS, WILLIAM BARNES WOLLEN AND RICHARD CATON WOODVILLE. |
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The Royal Horse Artillery (part of the Royal Artillery) was raised in 1793. The Regiment does not display Battle Honours, although during Ceremony the Guns are given the same honour as standards, Many batteries are awarded honour titles , which commemorate actions which the Battery concerned played a major role. Many of the prints available are showing many batteries at these major events. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS. BETWEEN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY AND THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, THERE HAS BEEN SIXTY TWO VICTORIA CROSS'S AWARDED. |
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The Rocket Brigade at the Battle of Leipzig, 16th-18th October 1813 by David Rowlands. No text for this item |
Fuentes Onoro, May 5th 1811 (Ramsays Battery of Horse Artillery) by William Barnes Wollen. No text for this item |
Ramsays Battery of Horse Artillery at the Battle of Fuentos Onoro, May 5th 1811 by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
Officer, RHA, Belgium 1815 by Mark Churms. Through the driving rain, Captain Mercer (G, troop Royal Horse Artillery), riding his charger Cossack leads his battery to the ridge of Mount Saint Jean on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. |
The Royal Horse Artillery by Malcolm Greensmith. No text for this item |
Officer of the Royal Artillery (Horse Brigade) by L Mansion & St Eschauzier (P) No text for this item |
From Coruna to Sebastopol : The History of C Battery, A Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. A unit history of a Royal Artillery Battery formed in the 1790s down to its service at the Siege of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. The author begins his particular history with a useful general survey of the development of artillery from its invention around 1320 until the French revolutionary wars. C Troop, later C Battery, accompanied Sir John Moore to Spain in 1808 and took part in the retreat to and battle of Corunna. Returning to Spain, the unit was present at the battles of Albuera and Fuentes dOnoro and was present in the final action of the war, the battle of Toulouse. As C battery, the unit was sent to the Crimea, taking part in the battles of the Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman. After participating in the lengthy Siege of Sebastopol the unit saw service in India. Accompanied by several appendices giving battery muster rolls, lists of officers etc. |
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